Bigfoot creature may be Alamo City-bound

Updated 8:11 am, Wednesday, February 12, 2014

SAN ANTONIO — The Bigfoot creature allegedly killed in San Antonio is having a bit of trouble finding its way back to the Alamo City.

Rick Dyer, a self-described “master tracker” of Bigfoot, is on a nationwide tour with an 8-foot, 2-year-old corpse of what he says is the mythical beast. Dyer said he killed the creature in San Antonio in 2012 and has announced locations in Texas, including Amarillo, Dallas, Houston, and potentially Austin, but hasn't found a viable spot in the Alamo City.

“We are definitely coming to San Antonio,” said Andrew Clacy, a spokesman for Dyer. “We have talked to a number of people, including the stock show and rodeo,” but haven't finalized anything. Clacy added he is hoping to come through San Antonio Feb. 20-23.

As the website Snopes.com points out, Dyer made similar claims in 2008 when he claimed to have killed Bigfoot. When Dyer revealed the specimen at a press conference, it turned out to be a rubber ape suit.

Rick Dyer, 36, says he killed an 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in San Antonio in 2012 with a 30-06 rifle after he lured “the Beast” near his tent with a set of Wal-Mart ribs he rubbed with a secret ingredient.

Rick Dyer, 36, says he killed an 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in San Antonio in 2012 with a 30-06 rifle after he lured “the Beast” near his tent with a set of Wal-Mart ribs he rubbed with a secret ingredient.

Photo: Courtesy Rick Dyer

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Rick Dyer, 36, says he killed an 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in San Antonio in 2012 with a 30-06 rifle after he lured “the Beast” near his tent with a set of Wal-Mart ribs he rubbed with a secret ingredient.

Rick Dyer, 36, says he killed an 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in San Antonio in 2012 with a 30-06 rifle after he lured “the Beast” near his tent with a set of Wal-Mart ribs he rubbed with a secret ingredient.

Photo: Courtesy Rick Dyer

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Rick Dyer, 36, says he killed an 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in San Antonio in 2012 with a 30-06 rifle after he lured “the Beast” near his tent with a set of Wal-Mart ribs he rubbed with a secret ingredient.

Rick Dyer, 36, says he killed an 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in San Antonio in 2012 with a 30-06 rifle after he lured “the Beast” near his tent with a set of Wal-Mart ribs he rubbed with a secret ingredient.

Photo: Courtesy Rick Dyer

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Rick Dyer

Rick Dyer

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Rick Dyer

Rick Dyer

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Rick Dyer

Rick Dyer

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Folks in Cotton Island, La., said this 14-inch footprint was left by a Bigfoot creature in 2000. But anthropologists said the track was too shallow for an animal the size of Bigfoot.

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More shadowy Bigfoot sightings, this time in a northern Georgia forest in June of 2008. Bigfoot Global LLC provided this image.

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More proof of Bigfoot: A giant footprint found in Northern California and now on display in the state's Willow Creek-China Flat Museum. It's known for its Bigfoot exhibit.

Photo: Associated Press

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This is John Kirk, president of the Scientific Cryptozoology Club in Burnaby, B.C., in 1999.

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Here's the ape-man model from the 1977 movie ''Yeti.''

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Photo: David Johnson

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Bigfoot creature may be Alamo City-bound

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Clacy has told the San Antonio Express-News during the past few weeks that they were in communication with different shopping centers and other locations, but nothing has been finalized.

Dyer, 36, says he killed the mysterious creature in a wooded area near Texas 151 and Loop 1604 on Sept. 6, 2012, with a 30-06 rifle after he lured “the beast” near his tent with a set of Wal-Mart ribs he rubbed with a secret ingredient

The Bigfoot corpse, which Dyer tows in a trailer behind a 40-foot-coach, is scheduled to make stops at the Alamo Drafthouse in Houston, he said.

Dyer will be at the Mason Park location, 531 S. Mason Road in Katy, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24. He will be at the Vintage Park site, 114 Vintage Park Blvd., in northwest Houston, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25.

The $20 admission includes a “mystery” Bigfoot movie to be announced and a 30-minute question-and-answer session with Dyer, to be moderated by a comedian, said Alamo Drafthouse programming director Robert Saucedo.